Unit 5 Humans and nature Lesson 1 A sea story 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第二册

新北师大版高中英语必修二Unit5 Humans and Nature Lesson1 A Sea Story Do you know any stories about people and the sea? 《老人与海》 《海底两万里》 《少年派的奇幻漂流》 Activate and Share Look at the pictures below. Use the words and phrases below to describe the pictures. Activate and Share a fisherman a fishing boat a whirlpool waves to escape to survive a storm to float wild Example A fisherman is trying to survive a storm. You are going to read a text adapted from the short story “A Descent into the Maelström”. Read the fact file first. Then answer the questions. Read and Explore Fact File Maelström: a powerful whirlpool in the sea or ocean. Moskoe-strom: also known as Moskstraumen, is a system of tidal whirlpools in the Norwegian Sea, which is one of the strongest in the world. The term was first introduced into the English language by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841 through his short story “A Descent into the Maelström”. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his mystery tales. Read and Explore 1 What is a “Moskoe-strom”? It is a system of tidal whirlpools in the Norwegian Sea. 2 Who wrote the story? Edgar Allan Poe wrote the story. 3 What do you think will happen in the story? You are going to read a text adapted from the short story “A Descent into the Maelström”. Read the fact file first. Then answer the questions. About three years ago, something terrible happened to me. That was the day when it took only six hours to break my body and soul. You think I am a very old man － but I am not. It took less than a single day to change my hair from black to white. Read the text. Discuss the questions. Read and Explore One day, my two brothers and I were coming back from the islands where we often risked going and got more fish than others. All at once, the sky was covered with dark clouds and in less than a minute we were in a terrible storm. A huge wave covered our boat and my younger broth